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The Cerebral Palsy Handbook: A Practical Guide for Parents and Carers by Marion Stanton
- Recommended by Scope, the national charity for people with cerebral palsy this is a fully updated new edition.
A fully comprehensive and practical guide to an illness that one in every 400 children is born with.
Marion Stanton's book is an invaluable guide for all parents and guardians who are learning to care for a child with cerebral palsy. She highlights the positive experiences and emphasises the common parental wish to raise a bright, confident and happy child, whatever the obstacles.
The book covers the early stages of cerebral palsy, choice of therapy and treatment, management of everyday life, education, informal support and social factors, legal rights and benefits, and planning for adulthood. There is also a comprehensive reference section.
About the author
Marion Stanton is a qualified special needs teacher and mother of three children, including one who has cerebral palsy. She has co-founded an early learning group for children with disabilities and is an active member of the Alliance for Inclusive Education.
The Cerebral Palsy Handbook: A Practical Guide for Parents and Carers
by Marion Stanton
Published by Vermillion (2002)
Format - paperback, 256 pages
ISBN: 000-91-876761
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